DDoS attacks continue to be an effective means to distract and confuse security teams while inflicting serious damage to brands, according to Neustar.

Also, when comparing Q1 2019 vs. Q1 2018, the company has registered a 200 percent increase of attacks on directly provisioned customers.

Report findings

The largest attack size observed by them in Q1 2019 was 587 Gbps in volume, and the longest duration for a single attack was nearly a day and a half.